Sentence examples for becoming a follower from inspiring English sources

A short time later she followed her family in becoming a follower of William Miller, the Adventist prophet who was preaching the imminent return of Christ (fixed for October 22, 1844).

Before becoming a follower of Sri Chinmoy, Ashrita answered to Keith, the name his parents gave him 34 years ago.

In 2011, the Russian security service cautioned the F.B.I., and later the C.I.A., that "since 2010" Mr. Tsarnaev had "changed drastically," becoming "a follower of radical Islam".

Nor was it reassuring that Ben-Hur was Jewish, given that his redemption was contingent on his becoming a follower of Christ.

At a breakfast with reporters, Mr. Trumka criticized Mr. Obama as doing too little on jobs and becoming a follower, not a leader, by letting Congressional Republicans set the agenda.

He told all who gathered about his anger at being told by his country that he was not good enough, about his blinders coming off when he witnessed the atrocities of the Buchenwald concentration camp, and about his becoming a follower of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Always he would ask, "Is the price too high?" For Leon, the answer was always, "No".

"What's encouraging is to see Nokia dumping the 'not-invented-here' mentality and becoming a fast follower," says Ben Wood of Gartner, a consultancy.

If we do not invest in developing these skills among our children now, the United States risks becoming a technology follower, rather than a leader.

In fact, it's actually the essentials of becoming a phenomenal follower.

She returned to the evangelical religion of her youth, becoming an ardent follower of the Rev Jim Bakker, the televangelist whose career would end in sexual and financial scandal in 1987.

More than a decade later, in late 1651, Mary Dyer boarded a ship for England, and stayed there for over five years, becoming an avid follower of the Quaker religion that had been established by George Fox several years earlier.